Burseraceae

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Burseraceae - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or treesfamily Burseraceae, torchwood familyrosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsGeraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceaeincense tree - any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incenseBursera, genus Bursera - type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemiBoswellia, genus Boswellia - genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incenseCommiphora, genus Commiphora - genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic productsgenus Protium, Protium - genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi